Musings about Tradition in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and an attempt to collect essays and articles which would appear in a Catholic press which exercised critical solidarity with the Hierarchy.

24 October 2008

The Rocky Horror Rite Of Church Closure In Leeds

If this sort of things makes you want to say one for the poor parishioners of the Diocese of Leeds, then the full version from Paulinus is available here.

Gathering song: Be Much Afraid [To the tune Be Not afraid]

You can say Mass without vestmentsTo impress the teenage kidsJust ignore the GIRMWe don’t give a figYou can fill the nave with dancing girlsand we will understandBut say the Mass in Latin and you’re done.

Refrain

Be much afraid.We’re going to close your church down.Say Latin Mass, and you’ll be on the dole.

Interfaith is all the rageMeditation’s where it’s atYou can make a pagan incantation,nothing wrong with that.You can say your prayers with Rastas, MuslimsJains, and Hindus tooBut pray with other Catholics and you’re done

Doctrine is passeYou can make it up yourselfYou can pick from Dawkins, Boff, de Mello- anything off the shelfYou can quote Tissa Balasuriya,Kung and SchillebeecxBut quote the Holy Fatherand you’re stuffed